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ANATID.E 



NATATORES. 



ANATIDjE. 



THE RUDDY SHIELDRAKE. 



Anas luliUi, Ruddy Goose, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 330. 

 Tddoriia ,, ,, iViit'/rfra/ce, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 229. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornitli. vol. ii. p. 293. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 



Anas ,, Canard Kasarka, Temm. l\Ian. d'Ornith. t. ii. p. 832. 



pt. iv. p. 531. 



Tadorna. Generic Characters. — Beak about the length of the head, higher 

 than broad at the base, depressed or concave in the middle ; breadth nearly 

 equal throughout; under mandible much narrower than the upper, the latter 

 grooved near the tip ; nail curved downwards forming a hook ; both mandibles 

 furnished with strong transverse lamellcB. Nasal groove near the base of the 

 beak ; nostrils oval, lateral, pervious. Legs of moderate length ; the tibiaj 

 naked for a short space above the tarsal joint ; toes three in front, entirely 

 webbed ; one behind free, without any pendent membrane or lobe. Wings of 

 moderate length, tuberculated, pointed, the second quill-feather the longest. 

 The sexes alike in plumage, or very nearly. 



Without inteudin;>' to follow some systematic ornitliolo- 



